> echo $PATH
/c/Users/USER/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/USER/bin:/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Broadcom/Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter/Driver:/c/Program Files/Toshiba/Bluetooth Toshiba Stack/sys:/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer:/c/Program Files/Common Files/lenovo/easyplussdk/bin:/c/Program Files/Skype/Phone:/cmd:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl

/c/Users/USER/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/USER/bin:/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Broadcom/Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter/Driver:/c/Program Files/Toshiba/Bluetooth Toshiba Stack/sys:/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer:/c/Program Files/Common Files/lenovo/easyplussdk/bin:/c/Program Files/Skype/Phone:/cmd:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl

/c/Users/USER/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/USER/bin:/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Broadcom/Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter/Driver:/c/Program Files/Toshiba/Bluetooth Toshiba Stack/sys:/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer:/c/Program Files/Common Files/lenovo/easyplussdk/bin:/c/Program Files/Skype/Phone:/cmd:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl

${PATH#*:}  ## Non-greedy
${PATH##*:}  ## Greedy